Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j03HDiV08484; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:13:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:13:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20050103120831.02138748@pop.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Duren Thompson <solveig@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1845] learning in 2004 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: RO Content-Length: 4431 Lines: 116 Hey Jackie - a shortened - or simplified version of this would be great on tnae-share! Duren At 11:48 AM 1/3/2005 -0500, you wrote: > NIFL-AALPD Digest 505 > >Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) Learning in 2004 > by jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:41:11 -0500 >From: jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> >To: nifl-aalpd@nifl.gov >Subject: Learning in 2004 >Message-ID: <4202F30E@webmail.utk.edu> > >Hello All, and Happy New Year! >I am delighted to see energizing list discussions over the holidays. We have >some very thoughtful thinkers sharing their experiences. Given the new year, >I thought I'd share a few of the favorite things I've learned from you about >making meaning online when we lose the advantages of in-person conversation. >(I've included some quotes from one of my favorite authors, Margaret >Wheatley.) What are some of the things you've learned in 2004? > >====================================================== >1. Widen the Circle of Participation >- New voices revive our energy, help us discover solutions that may at first >seem disparate. They help surface our assumptions. If we want to enrich the >dialogue, we should bring in additional voices to the current. As a list >subscriber, I encourage you to continue inviting others to participate that >you believe have something to contribute to the discussions at hand. > >2. Ask Questions >- "If we're willing to ask the questions, we can begin to change things." >This >is always *your* place to ask the questions at *any time* and make change in >professional development. What questions do you have? > >3. Claim Time >- "Nobody will give you time to think about what you want to change...You >will >have to claim it for yourself. Noone will give it to you because thinking is >dangerous to the status quo. Those benefiting from the present system >have no >interest in new ideas." As the world speeds up, don't sacrifice our >wonderful, >human capacity for conversation. Claim the time to contribute to the >dialogue >in our field. > >4. Share Experiences >- "Conversation is the natural way humans think together...Begin >conversations >about things that are important to you and those near you." Use the list to >discuss things important to you in professional development. By sharing your >rich experiences, you will likely help someone in a similar situation. > >5. Listen and Listen Again >- "Listening creates relationship...Not listening creates fragmentation, and >fragmentation always causes more suffering." How might we listen better to >one >another? > >6. Seek Clarification >"It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other >that do." Did you ask what someone else meant by what they wrote? If it's >not >clear to you, it may not be clear to someone else either. > >7. Tolerate a little chaos >- "Messiness has its place...Meaningful conversations depend on our >willingness to forget about neat thoughts, clear categories, narrow >roles...Eventually, we will be surprised by how much we share in common. The >deeper order that unifies our experience will show itself, but only if we >allow chaos early on." Expect list dialogues to be a bit messy at times. > >8. Accept Challenge >- "Be willing to have your beliefs and ideas challenged by what others think." > Respectful unearthing of assumptions can help us grow as individuals and > as a >community. > >9. Make Change >- "We create what we want rather than just accept what is." What do we want >for the field of professional development and adult literacy, and how can we >better use this list to create that? > >10. Work Together >- "Conversation is the way we discover how to transform our world, together." >Thank you to all who have raised thoughtful questions, and for sharing from >your practical experiences. I think the most important thing I've learned >from you is that through discussion, we can discover what we want to do about >the things that matter most. I look forward to what the coming year has to >offer. > >Best wishes for 2005, > >Jackie > >Jackie Taylor >List Moderator >NIFL-AALPD >jataylor@utk.edu >====================================================== > > >------------------------------ > >End of NIFL-AALPD Digest 505 >****************************
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